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I am currently thinking about getting a Nintendo 3DS because I'd love to play Pokémon White 2 in its entirety and also because my original DS from 2005 has some serious damages — its battery lasts 2h30m at its best. I was actually hoping for a smaller version of the 3DS, a sort of "Lite" version, so this Nintendo 3DS XL just turned my expectations upside down. What I look for in game consoles is great portability, design and technical caratheristics. At a first and distant glance, the first two seem to lack in the Nintendo 3DS XL, at least in my opinion.

I was actually hoping for a smaller version of the 3DS, a sort of "Lite" version

The 3DS differs in size from the Lite by no more than a few millimeters. There's a certain point after which they can't actually shrink stuff any more than they have. The original DS was large and clunky - I'm not sure how people look at the 3DS and see similar amounts of fat that can be trimmed away.

Beyond this particular conversation, you may wish to compare your signature to this.

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May I suggest that we get back on track here before it gets crazy than it is.

Now with that being said, Seen over at Tiny Cartridge that the 3DS XL screens look way bigger in person than it has been seen in the press media. I do though have to say that it ain't as bad as some say it is. I mean, At least that it ain't like the Virtual Boy. Though everything has small faults that people whine about for no reason at all.

Several French gaming sites have published the first hands-on impressions. Thanks to Google Translate and friendly NeoGAF Posters, it would appear that the French demonstrators are quite impressed with the new, bigger handheld.

From a hands-on posted to the site Puissance Nintendo come the following impressions, along with the above video and image below (Google Translated via GAF):
- Huge screen
- Better viewing angle
- 3D effect looks better/more effective/more natural
- 2D mode looks better than regular 3DS
- Image looks better/softer (they assume there might be some filter but not sure)
- The grip (round corners) fit nicely
- Unit fits better in hands (they wonder if it should've been the main design in first place)
- Unit is lighter than they expected
- There's a coat in the unit (not fully matte) that gives it a "deluxe plastic imitating metal" look
- Not sure at the sound as the room was quite noisy

A second preview at Bamar En Live has a similar takeaway, with the translation saying that, vitally, the games don't look degraded on the 3DS XL's bigger screen. "While the image looked worse on a DSiXL than on a DSi, it's not the case here. 3DSXL pixels look as defined as on 3DS."

Will eb let me do a system transfer in store, because i want to trade my 3ds for an xl :O

As much as i hope for that, they won't just waste their time letting you do that.

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